The UC Natural Reserve System welcomes a new member to its family. This spring, the NRS entered into a sister reserve relationship with the Gobabeb Research & Training Centre in Namibia. The five-year arrangement aims to foster cooperative research into climate change and the ecosystems of arid lands in California and southern Africa.

Our Youth Environmental Summit 2017 kicked off this weekend. Some 31 Grade 11 learners from the Karas, Khomas and Erongo Regions arrived at the station, and will be conducting studies that address this year’s theme of “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”.